Hurricane Smith (1952) DVD-R

Starring James Craig, Yvonne De Carlo, John Ireland, Forrest Tucker, Lyle
Bettger, Richard Arlen
Directed by Jerry Hopper

Print: color
Runtime: 90 min.
Genre: adventure
Print Quality: B

Surprisingly, the Paramount Technicolor actioner Hurricane Smith was not
produced by the studio's Pine-Thomas unit (it sure sounds like one of
their efforts), but instead by "outsider" Nat Holt. John Ireland plays the
title character, a 19th-century mercenary stranded in the South Seas with
his pals McGuire (Forrest Tucker) and Brundage (Richard Arlen). When
slavetraders come calling, Smith and his confreres steal the traders' ship
and head for Australia, in hopes of searching for buried treasure. To raise
some quick money, the trio agrees to rent "their" vessel to scientist
Gorvahlsen (James Craig), who brings Dr. Whitmore (Murray Matheson)
and the doctor's half-Polynesian daughter Luana (Yvonne DeCarlo) along
on a scientific expedition. It gradually dawns on Smith that Gorvahlsen
and Whitmore are actually fortune hunters, hoping to claim the treasure
for themselves. But which side is the lovely Luana on during the film's
unending series of crosses, double-crosses and triple-crosses?